Barkagaon block headquarters is again in news but this time not due to the dispute between mining companies and local denizens. This time some miscreants tried to disrupt the peace and communal harmony in the area by keeping some piece of prohibited meat in a polythene bag with a letter in the Kali Mandir of the block headquarters.
In the morning at about 5 am Pandit Aditya Prajapati reached the temple and while cleaning around found prohibited meat packet and letter having names of some members of Muslim community of Barkagaon in which the committee members were warned to stop the renovation work of the temple.
The Pujari immediately informed about the matter to the secretary and other members of the temple committee who again informed the local officials of district and police administration.
The news spread like wild fire and by 7 am thousands of denizens gathered in front of the Kali Mandir.
Meanwhile, the block officials and top police officers reached at the spot and seized the items. The crowd started demanding immediate action against all those whose name were written in the letter.
Angry with this incident the denizens unanimously decided to keep the block headquarters close and no one opened their shop. Traffic also got disrupted due to crowd on every road of the block headquarters.
Senior district and police officials also rushed to Barkagaon to control the situation and extra police forces were sent there to keep eye on the miscreants and unwanted incidents.
In the evening, a meeting of peace committee took place in the premises of GD Mahto Girls School premises were people condemned the entire incident and criticized the local police for not taking the previous similar incidents seriously.
The district and police officials assured the denizens that they would thoroughly enquire the entire matter, and assured that miscreants would be identified and punished soon.
Some political leaders tried to divert the people saying it was an act of mining companies but cold response from the denizens stopped them in moving ahead in any wrong direction. The situation of Barkagaon is tense yet but is under control.